Jim, Thanks to you and the others who replied with useful information. I will probably get one of the batteries, probably buy the Bioenne charger too.
73, phil > On Jul 25, 2018, at 11:03 AM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 7/25/2018 9:38 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote: >> Has anyone operated a KX3 with the 100-watt KXPA100 using LiPO3 (or other Li >> chemistry) batteries. If so, what was the battery brand, number of cells or >> AH rating, and performance and at what power levels. > > Yes, we ran that combo while activating grids CM86 and CM79 using the 20Ah > Bioenne Power LiFePO4 batteries. I own one, W6JTI owns two. One of them got > us through about 6 hours at CM79 running MSK144 and FT8, using the strategy > of not calling CQ. Instead, I was nearby acting as pilot to Ping Jockey and > the cluster system. > > For nearly two years, I've been using a 100Ah Bioenne battery to run a pair > of K3s for SO2R. Bionenne caters to the ham market, and is good to deal with. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
